Mullahs, guards, and bonyads : an exploration of Iranian leadership dynamics /

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The Islamic Republic of Iran poses serious challenges to U.S. interests in the Middle East, and its nuclear program continues to worry, and bring condemnation and sanction from, the international community. Yet the U.S. ability to "read" the regime in Tehran and formulate appropriate polic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense, National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Other Authors: Thaler, David E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, National Defense Research Institute, ©2010.
©2010
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series.
Subjects:
Islam and politics > Iran.
Political culture > Iran.
Civil-military relations > Iran.
Political leadership > Iran.
Regions & Countries > Asia & the Middle East.
Middle East.
History & Archaeology.
Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire > Iran.
HISTORY > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Civil-military relations
Diplomatic relations
Islam and politics
Military policy
Political culture
Political leadership
Politics and government
Iran > Politics and government.
Iran > Military policy.
United States > Foreign relations > Iran.
Iran > Foreign relations > United States.
Iran > Foreign relations.
Iran > Politique et gouvernement.
Iran > Relations extérieures.
Iran
United States
Iran > government.
Iran > internal politics.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : leadership dynamics in the Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Assertiveness and caution in Iranian strategic culture
  • Formal structures of the Islamic Republic
  • Factionalism and the primacy of informal networks
  • The nexus of domestic politics and policymaking in Iran
  • Conclusion : power and politics in the Islamic Republic.

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